The US Department of Justice said it has made its investigation into the death of George Floyd a “top priority.” The DOJ’s statement came after two days of riots in Minneapolis protesting the death of Floyd, who cried out “I can’t breathe” as a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. “The...
A married couple was executed by firing squad in North Korea after being caught trying to flee with their 14-year-old nephew, according to a report. The husband and wife, from Ryanggang province near China, were trying to escape earlier this month despite the country’s strict coronavirus quarantine, sources told Radio Free Asia. It is believed...
Wall Street ended lower on Thursday following a late-session reversal, with Facebook weighing on the market after President Trump said he would sign an executive order related to social media companies and said he would hold a news conference on China on Friday. Stocks had been higher for most of the session as investors continued...
The mosaic tile floor is from the third century and was remarkably well-preserved.
The brother of George Floyd — the black Minneapolis man who died in police custody after a cop kneeled on his neck for several minutes — on Thursday called for the officers involved to face the death penalty. Philonise Floyd told CNN he understands the pain of protesters rioting against his 46-year-old brother’s death, saying...
A new study has revealed that more than 80 percent of passengers and crew members on a cruise ship that contracted COVID-19 were asymptomatic. The research, published in the scientific journal Thorax, notes that 128 of 217 passengers and crew members tested positive for the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Of those, 81 percent did not...
“We’re here today to defend free speech from one of the greatest dangers,” Trump said before signing the executive order in the Oval Office where Attorney General Bill Barr was present.
The New York Times Magazine published an eyebrow raising correction this week, reversing its claim that a 26-year-old emergency room doctor who contracted the coronavirus had died from the disease. Turns out, the doctor is very much alive. Opps! The paper of record first made the claim in a riveting first-person account in the April...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said governments wanting to censor social media platforms is not the “right reflex.” Asked during an interview on Fox News about President Trump’s plan to sign an executive order curbing the power of Twitter, Facebook and Google, Zuckerberg said it would depend on what the intent is. “But in general, I...
Last month Zagg Inc, a Utah-based company that makes mobile device accessories, received more than $9.4 million in cash from a US government program that has provided emergency loans to millions of businesses hit by the coronavirus. The money was part of the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) — a linchpin of President Trump’s...
In a statement released by the senator's office, Kaine (D-Va.) said that he had the flu earlier this year, but the symptoms lingered after he was prescribed standard medication to treat it.
TikTok’s poaching of Disney’s Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its center of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions, several people familiar with the plans said. The short video app’s parent company, ByteDance, has...
The number of “secret” coronavirus carriers — people displaying no symptoms — could be much higher than previously thought, according to new research. Researchers in two new studies published Wednesday found that as many as 80% of patients had asymptomatic cases of the virus, NBC News reported. The first study, which was published in Thorax,...
Doomsday-obsessed Idaho mom Lori Vallow — who has been jailed in connection to the mysterious disappearance of her children — believes in zombie possession and predicted the death of her then-lover’s wife, her friend said in a new interview. Pal Melanie Gibb recalled how Vallow believed her 7-year-old adopted son, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, was a...
"You know me, I’m an entrepreneur — I’m never going to say 'no.'"
Nine months after Attorney General William Barr warned that Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators “should not rest easy,” the pedophile’s alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, remains at large — and is using a potential criminal investigation to thwart civil action against her. Maxwell is currently a co-defendant in several civil cases brought by alleged Epstein sex-trafficking victims. Among...
Bella Hadid, Dua Lipa and Halsey are all fans of the brand, founded by LA sisters Devon and Sydney Carlson.
The white dog-walker, who called 911 on a black man when he asked her to leash her cocker spaniel in Central Park, allegedly stalked a former love interest and chided him for voting for President Barack Obama, The Post has learned. Martin Priest, a former friend of Cooper who’s known her since 2003, claimed when...
Sometimes the boss doesn't always have the answers.
Bullets rang out Thursday at an afternoon memorial for rapper KJ Balla in East New York, leaving one man shot in the leg, cops said. The gunfire erupted at 790 Eldert Lane around 1:30 p.m., cops said. The injured man was taken to Brookdale Hospital and expected to survive, cops said. An armed suspect was...
A Staten Island tanning salon owner fed up with New York’s coronavirus shutdown defiantly reopened Thursday as demonstrators cheered — but was quickly shutdown by police, he told The Post. Bobby Catone, who runs three Sunbelievable salons in the borough, was hit with a $1,000 ticket for opening a non-essential business, prompting him to close...
"What we saw in Minnesota was deeply disturbing," the Big Apple's top cop posted on his department account today.
With absolutely nothing to pop the bubbly over during the coronavirus pandemic, Champagne sales are fizzling out. The widespread closure of restaurants and bars — not to mention cancelled events such as weddings, bar mitzvahs and sporting occasions — are causing the bottom to fall out of the market. Despite other types of booze seeing...
The proposal in China's National People's Congress would be in retaliation for lawsuits brought against China and the ruling Communist Party by several US states and a number of countries around the world, Breitbart News reported on Wednesday.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been in “regular contact” with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to a report, increasing her outreach to his longtime Senate allies as she makes her case to be his running mate. Warren (D-Mass.) has been sending the message to Biden and those closest to him that she’s eager to join...
